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Serbis

Play trailer Poster for Serbis R,  2008,  1h 31m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 79% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 51% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
79% Tomatometer 29 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A struggling family (Gina Pareño, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
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Critics Consensus

This darkly comic family drama finds ways of being viscerally graphic and intellectually stimulating at the same time.

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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail May 22, 2009
3/4
While it has its gag-inducing moments, director Brillante Mendoza's film about a three-generational family that lives in and operates a rundown porn theatre is more sweet than twisted. Go to Full Review
Wesley Morris Boston Globe Feb 26, 2009
3.5/4
Part-telenovela, part outlandish screwball comedy, part soft-porno, but completely without a road map, Serbis evokes Pedro Almodóvar, Tennessee Williams, and 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Curiel San Francisco Chronicle Feb 20, 2009
4/4
Serbis has the feel of a documentary, but a documentary can't accomplish what "Serbis" does: Take us to a corner of the world where sex and regret are so intimately entwined. Go to Full Review
David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 13, 2021
There's a concentration on the immediate and the detail, and the larger social picture is entirely missing, so one is irresistibly drawn to the conclusion that the rot of Filipino society is the fault of the ordinary Filipino. Go to Full Review
David Harris Spectrum Culture Oct 3, 2019
2.5/5
Serbis, though humorous at times, suffers from Mendoza's wanton vagueness. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Jul 7, 2019
3.5/4
Mendoza's roving camera captures his characters strife and pain with an unblinking eye. Go to Full Review
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Brillante Mendoza

Director

Gina Pareño

Nanay Flor

Jaclyn Jose

Nayda

Coco Martin

Alan

Kristofer King

Ronald

Dan Alvaro

Jerome

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Movie Info

Synopsis A struggling family (Gina Pareño, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
Director
Brillante Mendoza
Producer
Ferdy Lapuz
Screenwriter
Armando Lao
Rating
R (Language|Sexual Content|Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Filipino
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$64.4K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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